Primrose Dunlop dies aged 70: Australian heiress and countess who was famously left at the altar when her bridegroom 'prince' eloped with his best man passes away Australian socialite Primrose Dunlop, whose bridegroom 'prince' ran off with the best man on the eve of their lavish wedding, has died.
What made Primrose Dunlop a global cause celebre in April 1990 was meant to be Primrose's marriage at Venice's Basilica di San Pietro to diminutive Qantas flight steward Lorenzo Montesini.
Star of one of Australia's great society scandals, left at the altar in Venice when the groom eloped with his best man,' journalist Andrew Hornery announced the news on Instagram.
Some of Australia's most prominent women - including rock publicist Patti Mostyn, author Janise Beaumont, painter Mary Pinnock and publicist-turned-celebrant Glen-Marie Frost - learned of Dunlop's ailing health three years ago.
Dunlop, the daughter of Australian society doyenne Lady Potter and an heiress to a $60 million fortune, entered full-time care with frontotemporal dementia in 2022.
